Abstract

Today's economy is carried out, in the majority of cases, in the following way: industries extract resources from planet earth, which are transformed into products and services; later they are offered and exchanged in a market to be later consumed by people; in the next stage they become waste and finally they are discarded to the planet earth again. Due to the finite nature of resources and environmental pollution, born a new alternative economy in the world called Circular Economy. In Colombia, both consumers and companies maintain a relationship centered on the model Linear Economy (LE) (produce, consumed and dispose, described above), privileging factors such as price versus quality and shelf life of products. However, the Colombian Government has been promoting several programs that seek to venture into the economic model proposed by the Circular Economy. When investigating a little on the subject, no greater number of research papers on CE in Colombia were found. Due to the above, the need arises to investigate the practices of the model proposed by the CE, and to offer a methodology with emphasis on the manufacturing industry that allows knowing the current state of the model in Colombia; In addition, it is sought to investigate in the news media about governmental and private publications on CE practices in Colombia.